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THE T-80U-M1 BARS TANK: AS POWERFUL AS A DREADNOUGHT, AS FAST AND COMFORTABLE AS A MERCEDES CAR

  • The T-80U-M1 Bars tank is fast and stealthy in any type of terrain. It can perform marches over long distances and can be shipped by any type of transport.
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T-80U-M1
Various countries continue to develop new types of defense hardware and technologies. Much emphasis is also placed on the updating of military hardware currently in service. This can be explained by the fact that very large amounts of military equipment are presently held by troops and that there is a clear tendency towards a reduction in the procurement costs of new equipment. There are two other reasons for this: first, the life cycle of military hardware is fairly long, constituting 15 to 20 years, and, second, progress in some areas of human knowledge is so impressive that it permits designers to radically enhance the war-fighting qualities of this or that type of militarty hardware without introducing many changes into its design.
The T-80 tank, which entered service with the Russian Army in 1976, is such an example. Vehicles of the T-80 family are manufactured by the Omsk Transport Machine-Building Plant. According to Igor Sergeyev, Defense Minister of the Russian Federation, the T-80U tanks are currently in service with the most capable "elite" divisions of the Russian Army.
A considerable potential for future upgrades was incorporated into this tank at the design stage and a conceptual requirement to enhance the war-fighting and maintenance capabilities has predetermined a stage-by-stage modernization of the entire family.
Presently, the T-80U-M1 Bars tank retains the basic design features: the main armament is arranged within a rotary turret, the propulsion plant and transmission are arranged in the hull's rear, and the crew members are seated separately – the commander and the gunner sit in the fighting compartment, and the driver in the driver's compartment. Like all other tanks of this family, the T-80U-M1 Bars tank is fast and stealthy in any type of terrain. It can perform marches over long distances and can be shipped by any type of transport.
Armament
The various requirements imposed on the tank and the wide range of targets, featuring different levels of protection and presenting different degrees of danger to the tank itself, have generated the need to equip the tank with up-to-date weaponry to engage ground and air targets at a distance of up to 5,000 m.

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The armament of the T-80U-M1 Bars tank is represented by a 125mm 2A46M-4 smoothbore gun/launcher stabilized in both planes. Because of the gun's increased rigidity, the firing accuracy has been improved by 20 percent, while major assemblies and parts of the dependable 2A46M-1 gun currently in production have been retained.

The tank's modern fire control system, designated 1A45, includes a laser range finder, a wind sensor, a tank speed indicator, a target speed indicator, a roll angle sensor, ammunition and surrounding medium temperature indicators, and a ballistic computer. In combination with the unique running gear that provides for the smooth running of the vehicle, this system permits the crew to deliver fire effectively while moving cross-country at a speed of 35 km/h with the tank's turret facing in any direction. As regards this parameter, the T-80U family of tanks are unrivalled.
In action, fire is controlled by a gunner, but the gun laying and sighting devices installed in the tank enable the crew commander to determine a high priority target, aim at this target independently of the gunner, and, after pressing the "Target designation" button on the control console, turn the turret as required, bring the gunner's sighting line into coincidence with the target, or take control of the gun ("Override" mode), and engage the target.
The probability of hitting an armored or low-flying target with a laser beam riding missile at a distance of up to 5 km is almost 100 percent. The guided weapons system, designated 9K119, features increased noise immunity and is noted for ease of operation and maintenance.
The T-80U-M1 tank can be outfitted with an IR gunner's sight, called Buran, or a thermal imaging sight (Russian-made Agava-2 or foreign made).

The thermal imaging sight allows the gunner and commander to fire the 9M119 guided missile both during the day and at night.
The tank is equipped with an automatic loader, which provides for a firing rate of 7 to 9 rnds/min. It should be noted here that all foreign tanks, except Leclerc (France), are not outfitted with an automatic loader. The capacity of the carousel conveyor of the T-80U-M1 tank is 28 rounds, while that of the French Leclerc and Russian T-90 is 22 rounds.


Protection

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Arena active protection system

T
he T-80U-M1 tank is protected against ATGW by:
– combined multi-layer glacis armor plating and combined filler of the turret armor;
– built-in explosive reactive armor protection of the hull and turret, and side skirts fitted with explosive elements;
– the Arena active protection system;
– the Shtora-1 optronic countermeasures system.

The use of the built-in explosive reactive armor protection system on tanks in the 1980s considerably enhanced their protection aganst shaped-charge projectiles. However, as the explosive elements of this system detonate, a certain portion of the tank's main armor becomes unprotected.
Over the past 10 to 20 years, many countries have been involved in the development of active protection systems for tanks, but only Russia has brought developmental work to fruition and launched production. Arena is one such system. For its performance characteristics there are no other systems in the world that can compare with Arena. This system is designed to protect the tank against antitank grenades and missiles fired by all types of infantry weapons, as well as ground and air-launched ATGMs flying at a speed of 70 to 700 m/s, regardless of the type of control systems and warheads.
The Arena system is switched on/off from the commander's control console. Once Arena is switched on, all subsequent operations are performed automatically. Apart from the basic automatic mode of operation, exceptionally, the commander can control the system manually, for example, when it is necessary to destroy obstacles or for close-in protection against infantry.
Arena provides protection for a moving or stationary tank in any weather and in any combat environment, irrespective of the angle of impact of the enemy's weapons. The data-processing radars and sights feature a high level of noise immunity. They do not respond to false and random signals, and come into action only in situations where there is a serious threat to the tank or when a weapon fired by the enemy is heading directly towards the tank.
The active protection system doubles Bars' lifetime, and if the tank is used in peace-keeping operations or to control local conflicts, its lifetime is tripled or quadrupled. Application of the Arena active protection system in combination with the Shtora-1 optronic countermeasures system enhances the tank's protection three to five times.
The T-80U-M1 Bars tank is equipped with a quick-acting highly sensitive chemical and radiological reconnaissance system used in place of the GO-27 device installed on virtually all other Russian-made armored vehicles. This system requires lower maintenance.
The new system is compact and easy to operate. A built-in check feature makes it possible to promptly test the system's status and obtain information about its major units.
An automatic firefighting system is capable of smothering a fire within 150 ms.
The tank's signal communications facilities include an R-163-50U radio set and an R-163UP radio receiver. Both operate in the very-short wave band in a noise-detune mode, where an array of preselected frequencies are scanned automatically to find the one which is less affected by interference. The tank's signal communications facilities also include a telecoded information transmission channel and signal communications facilitities operating with preselected subscribers.

 

 


 

   

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